| NAME: |
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| LOCATION: |
Africa & The Middle East |
| GOVERNMENT: |
Republic |
| OFFICIAL LANGUAGE: |
Kirundi (official), French (official), Swahili (along Lake Tanganyika and in the Bujumbura area). |
| MAJOR RELIGION(S): |
Christian 67% (Roman Catholic 62%, Protestant 5%), indigenous beliefs 23%, Muslim 10%. |
| MAJOR ETHNIC GROUPS: |
Hutu (Bantu) 85%, Tutsi (Hamitic) 14%, Twa (Pygmy) 1%, Europeans 3,000, South Asians 2,000. |
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